It’s not easy to be a good leader, but Lupe Medrano is, and she’s great one too. In the story The Marble Champ by Gary Soto, Lupe is a very talented girl. She has a gratifying amount awards and medals for mental contests like writing and reading. Though she is smart she is destined to be athletic as well, Lupe shows a great number of reason to show what a great leader is like.
School is madness for student! Like all of us as kids, Jimmy was just trying to make it through high school. But little did he know that a great quantity of things were soon to change very quickly for him in many different ways. He did not know at the time, but soon enough he would be making comics for his hometown and meeting new friends along the way. Some ups and down are soon to come but as you get to know Jimmy, you will soon understand it may have happened to just the right person.
Hm... was it normal to apologize to an inanimate object? Probably not, but it was certainly easier. Certainly... way easier. Way way easier. Dipper hadn 't exactly gotten in a fight during the time he 's remembered things- at least not one that warranted an apology later.
Grasping the many rhetorical modes Reading through this article on the rhetorical modes admittedly helped simplify the different rhetorical forms that can be used for writing in aspects of life and not just school work. As I read through the articles I began to feel more comfortable with the diverse forms of writing therefore, knowing these vast forms of writing, will not only help to better understand what the author is trying to say in any given writing, but, also help with confidently know which direction to take when composing my own literary work. Like the handout states, these different rhetorical forms of writing are, simply put, descriptions of a way to put information together so that it can be effortlessly understood by the conveyed
Mistakes Were Made Intro & Chapter 1 Reflection "Mistakes Were Made (but Not by Me)" by Carol Tavris and Elliot Aronson explores the concept of self-justification and how individuals rationalize their actions to protect their self-esteem. Chapter one and introduction discuss cognitive dissonance—the mental discomfort experienced when holding two conflicting beliefs or when behavior conflicts with beliefs. To alleviate this discomfort, people engage in self-justification, modifying their beliefs or perceptions to align with their actions. I can see myself behaving in ways described in the book. Self-justification is a common human trait, and even with self-awareness, it can be challenging to avoid entirely.
Scat Response The wonderful book Scat is written by Carl Hiaasen. This book is about the adventures of Nick and Marta on the search on a mystery of Mrs. Starch missing. The message Carl Hiaasen is sending us in the book scat is to do what you believe is right. First of all, Mrs. Starch knew it was the right decision for Mrs. Starch to take care of the baby panther for Twilly because she owed Twilly for saving her life. In this situation Mrs. Starch believed that taking care of the baby panther was the right decision for her.
Poe is often known for his dark, sometimes twisted short stories and poems. “The Masque of the Red Death” is no exception. In this short story, Poe creates and eerie and ominous mood by using a wide variety of literary techniques including imagery, diction, and syntax. Poe’s use of imagery contributes to the dark and mysterious mood of the short story, “The Masque of the Red Death.” In the first paragraph, a sense of darkness is conveyed in the sentence, “There was no light of any kind emanating from lamp or candle within the suite of chambers.”
At the beginning of the novel, meg is very insecure, and rough around the edges. After her father left she started to roll up. Her father was a huge part of Meg’s life. Meg starts having an even harder time with school, after her father left. For example, Meg is in her bedroom after a bad day at school and just thinks about all the negative things about her.
The reading titled “Advice to Writers~ Selected Quotes from William Zinsser” provides many aspiring writers with 10 tips from a well experienced writer. One particular quote that stood out to me is “ Read everything you write out loud for rhythm and sound: “Good writers of prose must be part poet, always listening to what they write.” The quote means that as writers we have to make sure the sentence has a good flow just like poetry so it becomes easy for the readers to understand our point of view or paint a picture for them. This quote stood out to me because I can relate to times in my past creative writing process where I have been in the middle of writing down a thought and suddenly another idea comes to my mind and
Workplace Literacy To begin, I would like to explain my background involving the English language because my background is probably very different from others. My background in learning English is not typical, meaning I did not have in-depth studies in the English language. I was born and raised in Cairo Egypt. Throughout my school years, my involvement with the English language was limited. I mostly studied compositions, dictation, poetry and novels.
A Small Mistake. INTRO Hook (GET MY ATTENTION): you are walking through the park, it's nice and sunny with no chance of rain. Then you squish the most beautiful flower that was red and blue, when doing this you have no idea of the outcome.
1. Subject–verb agreement errors One basic rule of English grammar is that the subject (the one performing the action) must agree in number with the verb (the action or state of being). For example, in the sentence "Matt plays the guitar," both Matt and plays are singular, so this subject and verb agree. However, most sentences, especially in academic writing, aren 't so straightforward. Descriptive phrases can get in the way, making it difficult to determine if the subjects and verbs agree.
B) Explicit vs. implicit correction In explicit correction the student is provided with the correct form or a suggestion what the error is, whereas implicit treatment of errors aims at actively involving the learners in the process of identifying and correcting their own errors. Implicit corrective practices in written communication involve, simple underlining, marginal description, encircling, writing comments on the margins (Hashimoto, 2004 and Corpuz 2011), after which students have to locate and correct errors themselves (Hadla, 2006), or the use of correction codes. The technique of Error Correction Code involves underlining the mistakes and providing a correction code that includes symbols and abbreviations to indicate the nature of the error, for instance, ‘the teacher may use the symbol “Sp” to refer to “wrong spelling”, “WW” for “wrong word” (Wang, 2010:194) or the symbol // to indicate that a new line or paragraph is needed. The Error Correction Code has a double focus: to inform the L2 student that an error has been made and inform on the kind of error made (Hendrickson, 1984).
A previous study (Lalande, 1982), which involved 60 German foreign language learners, compared two different methods of error correction: direct correction and indirect correction reported that students receiving indirect corrective feedback made considerably greater gains than students who received direct corrective feedback from the teacher. Or Chandler’s (2003) result of her study shows that indirect feedback with underlining on students’ mistakes is a preferred alternative to direct feedback in a multiple-draft setting as indirect correction engages the students in the correction process and engages them
As I was reading my essay to a colleague, once again I felt the sudden familiar rush of shame coming over me. For the longest time speaking English to or around my classmates has been making me feel uneasy and by now it has become something to be expected. Consistency rather than contigency. Ever since I was in elementary school I would keep quiet during English class so as not to attract the attention of the teacher and run the risk of having to say something. The act of reading my writing aloud to a colleague didn’t particularly change my opinion or feelings about it, but that could be due to the fact that over time I have learned to distance myself from what I am reading, as if it were someone else performing the act of reciting the text,
